Having sent my resignation email in the week, I had not received a reply so I wasn’t sure how my news had gone down. It did worry me that I had burned my bridges with the radio station and that there might have been very little point in recording this week’s edition of The Sound of Nottingham UK.

(That’s the news I have been cagey about this week by the way, I have quit doing my American radio show).

I had promised to send a show for this weekend, and also promised that I would not be ‘phoning in’ my final edition. With the email I addressed Marshall Miles, the owner of Robin Hood Radio, and told him that it had been an honour and a privilege to have done the show and expressed my gratitude for the opportunity. Thankfully I received an email back complementing the show and thanking me for my work, which was a massive relief.

Having spent so long recording the show (I wanted the last one to be perfect) and the podcast I also wrote the press release that was released today. By the end of it I couldn’t be arsed recording The Sunday Alternative because I was exhausted, (I know it isn’t saving lives – although it might be for all I know – or digging roads, but radio is a very tiring business), and settled down on the sofa with a pizza and some wine to watch the Eastenders omnibus. I hadn’t even realised before now that it isn’t shown on Sunday afternoon anymore.

After publishing my statement about the end of the show, I turned off the computer and left the house without my phone. My plans for today had skewed a little as I didn’t wake up until half eleven this morning. After walking Jack and having a shower I headed out eating my breakfast on the move. I had intended to catch as much of the mini-fest at The Lion before going home to eat and go to town for an album launch.

Unfortunately my tiredness from making radio combined with a few daytime beers meant that my arrival home at teatime made me crash and burn. Just walking to the corner shop felt as if I was taking on Everest so I opted for the far more rock and roll end to a Saturday, we watched Cats on DVD. Jack wasn’t keen of course.

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